Head covering



May 17, 1927.

1,629,062 M. R. ARTAU HEAD COVERING Filed Aug. 13. 1924 Miguel Ens E5 Ar-Tau Patented May 17, 1927.

* UNITED STATES MIGUEL ROSES ABTAU, OF SANTURGE, PORTO RICO.

' 1mm) covsnme.

Application filed August 13, '1924. Serial No. '731,826.-

This invention relates to improvements in head covering.

The primary object of the invention 1s the provision of a head covering, WlllCl] 5 may be a hat, cap, or crown portion therefor, embodying features whichrender the same particularly desirable for the cure of .and for the prevention of baldness.

A further and important object of this invention is the provision of a head covering which may be made of some translucent or transparent material, such as pyroxylln,

and by means of which rays of light may have access to the hair of a person wearing the head covering; it being also preferred to provide ventilating means for the improved head covering.

It is wellknown thatthe cause'of baldnes is occasioned, in cases where the bald ness is not pathological, by reason of the Wearing of head coverings whlch do not permit suflicient circulation of air, and also because of other defects of conventional headwea-r. I have found that with the use of a head covering, in which, the crown, at least, i of ventilated and diaphanous material, the accumulation of carbonic acid is revented, and the access -of light to the air and scalp excites the metabolic conditions of the cells, giving to therootsof the hair the proper stimulation, and preventing baldness.

Other objects and advantages of thisinvention will be apparent during the course of the following detailed description. In the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, and wherein similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several vlews,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of ahat, showing the a plication of the improved featureto this at. 1

Figure 2 is a cross sectional view taken through the improved head covering.

In the drawing, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown only a preferred embodiment of this invention, the letter A may generally designate the head covering, which in the illustration shown is a hat, and consisting of an annular body portion B; brim C: and improved crown D.

In the illustration shown, the annular body portion B is entirely 0 an at the top thereof, and preferably has t e brim flange C connected thereto at the lower edge por-' tion; the body B and brimv in the instance shown being of straw or analogous material. On the inner perlphery of the annular body portion B it is preferred to" provide a conventional sweat band 10, the upper edge of which terminates-below the top.

edge of the annular portion B.

Referring to the improved crown D, the same includes the annular portion 20. and

the top wall 21, integral with the portion 20, and of the same material; It is preferred to provide this crown D: of some tran arent or translucent material, which may e of pyro'xylin or analogous diaphanous material, to permit the entrance of light therethrough, and this crown D may be tinted in any shade desired, orhit may be transparent. It is preferred to provide an annular series of transverse perforations 23 in the annular portion 20, as is illustrated in Figuresl and 2 of the drawing, for the purpose of ventilating the interior of the hat. As a neat-meansof connecting the crown portion D to the annular portion B it is preferred to provide an-interior flange 24-, extendinginwardly of the crown portion 20 at right angles thereto, and provided wit-h depending attaching flange 25 JWhlCll is inwardly of and concentric with the annular portion 20, and which is adapted to overlie the inner periphery 27 of the hat portion B with the flange 24 rest ing upon the top edge of the portion B. as

.is illustrated in Figure 2 of the drawing,

and in this position stitching 28 is sewed through the attaching flange .25 and the upper portion of the hat body B to attach the crown in the position shown.

It ispreferred that with the assemblage of the crown D upon the body portion B. the

outer circumferences of the annular portions B and 20 will lie flush with each other, and

a conventional hat band 30 may be annularly provided about the body portion'B. slightly overlying the joint of the portions B and D to conceal the same. p I

From the foregoing description of this invention it is a parent that when a person ted to enter the pocket of the hat and reach partment of the hat, without disturbing. the

comfort of the wearer; While the crown D has been. shown as assembled to a so called The annular series wears the. hat, t e daylight will be permit-; .f.

body portion B of the hat, it is to be understood that the entire hat may be made of the diaphanous perforated material, and that the head covering may assume any form de sired.

Various changes in the shape, size, and formation of parts may be made to the form of invention herein shown and described, without departing from the spirit of the in 1 vention'or. scope of the claim.

I claim: 7 In a head covering a body portion of substantially annular formation having a brim at the lower edge thereof, a crown of diaphanous material said crown including a top wall and an annular perforate side wall portion adapted to lie flush with the outer surface of the annular body portion of the hat, said annular side wall portion of the crown having formed at the lower edge thereof an inwardly extending flange adapted to rest upon the upper edge of the annular body portion of the hat and having a depending flange at the inner edge of the inwardly extending flange engaging the inner surface of the wall of the body portion of the hat, and a band of greater height than the outer wall face of the body portion for concealing the juncture of the body portion with the crown portion.

MIGUEL ROSES ARTAU. 

